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Civil Procedure - Breach of Contract - Application for Summary Judgment - Ancillary Claim – Set Off as a Defence - No set-off Clause – Whether there is Fraudulent Misrepresentation/Non-Disclosure.

Criminal Law – Murder – Abuse of Process – Jurisdiction of the Court – Delay – Prejudice – Right to Fair Trial – Right to a Trial Within a Reasonable Time – Permanent Stay of the Indictment – Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms sections 14(3) and 16(1)

Negligence - Whether police officers acted with reasonable and probable cause –Damages – Aggravated Damages – Section 33 of the Constabulary Force Act

Civil Procedure - Failure to file witness statements – Failure to comply with Case Management Orders – Application to extend time for compliance and for relief from sanctions – Application to strike out statement of case for non-compliance

Bankruptcy - The Moneylending Act, Ss. 2, 7 & 8 - Illegality – Unjust Enrichment - Contracts for the Protection of the Public.

Civil Procedure - Part 24 Civil Procedure Rules, 2002 - Application for security for costs - Whether the conditions for security for costs have been met - Whether security for costs can be ordered against representative parties - Whether the claim is a sham or bona fide - Whether there is a reasonable prospect of success - Whether the application is made at a late stage - Whether the Claimant has unencumbered assets within the jurisdiction.

Negligence – Motor Vehicle Collision – Personal Injuries – Causation – Liability–
Damages

Negligence - Motor vehicle collision - One vehicle on wrong side of the road - Damages - Third and fourth defendant absent trial proceeds - Defendants adopting claimant's statement of case for evidence in chief

Judicial Review ─ Termination of employment contract ─Whether employee - Waived rights to challenge his termination ─ Two routes to determining issue of waiver ─ Delegatus non potest delegare - Labour Relations and Industrial Disputes Act 1975, S.11A (1)(a)(i) - The Interpretation Act, S. 34(2), Civil Procedure Rules.

Judicial Review - Leave for judicial review - whether threshold test for leave met - Whether impugned passages from Investigation Report amenable to judicial review- Whether declarations require leave for judicial review – Whether injunctions require leave for judicial review - The Integrity Commission Act – Civil Procedure Rules, R. 56